The public health and economic benefits of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1599-1605

  Brownell, Kelly D ^a   Farley, Thomas ^b   Willett, Walter C ^c   Popkin, Barry M ^e   Chaloupka, Frank J ^f   Thompson, Joseph W ^g   Ludwig, David S ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SUGAR INTAKE; TAX; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; LEGAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350442275     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMhpr0905723     Document Type: Article

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